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Friday, October 11, 2013

Hijacked by...Craze

My name is Craze, and I live on the Edge, the frontier of
the Backworlds. I was raised on a moon of Elstwhere among my people, the
Verkinns — a race of genetically modified humans. None of us knows what we were
modified for anymore, but my kin are greedy and mercenary. It’s all about
status and coin. Until they kicked me out.

My own father did it. Threw a couple of shirts and chips at
me and told me to get out. Not just out of the house, but off the planet.

I lucked out when I met the aviarmen, Talos and Lepsi, on
the transport over to Elstwhere. Together we traveled the Edge and found a new
home on Pardeep Station. For three years, it produced nothing but dust. Fortune
called in the guise of our enemy, the Fo’wo’s, and Pardeep has started to boom.
I groom it and nurture it. I will see it rise to be the greatest Backworld and
make my father sorry.

That used to be my dream. I’m not so sure anymore. This
adventure to find Lepsi, who disappeared over two years ago, has changed everything.
I know who the Verkinns were engineered to be. I know that humans aren’t the
only occupants in the galaxy. What I don’t know is what this means for my
future.

Beyond the Edge

Some truths are better left unfound.

For two years Craze’s dear friend, Lepsi,
has been missing. The murmurings of a haunted spaceship might be a message and
may mean his old pal isn’t dead. The possibility spurs Craze and Captain Talos
to travel to uncharted worlds, searching. Out there, in an unfamiliar region of
the galaxy beyond the Backworlds, they stumble upon a terrible truth.

Meanwhile, Rainly remains on Pardeep
Station as acting planetlord, dealing with the discovery of her lover’s dark
and brutal past. Alone and questioning her judgment, her introspection unlocks
more than heartache. Latent protocols in her cybernetics activate, forcing her
to face a sinister secret of her own.

In the far future, humanity settles the
stars, bioengineering its descendents to survive in a harsh universe. This is
the fourth book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera
adventure.

M. Pax-- Inspiring the words she writes, she spends her
summers as a star guide at Pine Mountain Observatory in stunning Central Oregon
where she lives with the Husband Unit and two demanding cats. She writes
science fiction and fantasy mostly. You can find out more by visiting her at: Website / FB / Twitter / Goodreads / Pinterest / Wattpad

Can't wait to get my hands on a paper copy!! I love the world you've created, Mary, it's meant for the big screen! What actors would play whom I wonder...your thoughts? Hi, Angela! Your cover is still my favorite *swoons*

Mary, I admire your writing talents. I think my son should read this. He keeps telling me to leave my own house and head to Uranus. As for "Lepsi", certainly better than that other extra terrestrial carbon dated, um carbonated drink.